School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, and Translational Research Institute (TRI), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia.
Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre - Queensland (APCRC-Q), QUT, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia.
Adv Healthc Mater. 2023 Jun;12(14):e2201701. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202201701. Epub 2023 Feb 21.
Increasing evidence shows bone marrow (BM)-adipocytes as a potentially important contributor in prostate cancer (PCa) bone metastases. However, a lack of relevant models has prevented the full understanding of the effects of human BM-adipocytes in this microenvironment. It is hypothesized that the combination of tunable gelatin methacrylamide (GelMA)-based hydrogels with the biomimetic culture of human cells would offer a versatile 3D platform to engineer human bone tumor microenvironments containing BM-adipocytes. Human osteoprogenitors, adipocytes, and PCa cells are individually cultured in vitro in GelMA hydrogels, leading to mineralized, adipose, and PCa tumor 3D microtissues, respectively. Osteoblast mineralization and tumor spheroid formation are tailored by hydrogel stiffness with lower stiffnesses correlating with increased mineralization and tumor spheroid size. Upon coculture with tumor cells, BM-adipocytes undergo morphological changes and delipidation, suggesting reciprocal interactions between the cell types. When brought in vivo, the mineralized and adipose microtissues successfully form a humanized fatty bone microenvironment, presenting, for the first time, with human adipocytes. Using this model, an increase in tumor burden is observed when human adipocytes are present, suggesting that adipocytes support early bone tumor growth. The advanced platform presented here combines natural aspects of the microenvironment with tunable properties useful for bone tumor research.
越来越多的证据表明骨髓(BM)-脂肪细胞是前列腺癌(PCa)骨转移中一个潜在的重要贡献者。然而,缺乏相关模型阻碍了人们对人类 BM-脂肪细胞在这种微环境中的作用的全面理解。假设可调节的明胶甲基丙烯酰胺(GelMA)水凝胶与仿生培养的人类细胞相结合,将为构建包含 BM-脂肪细胞的人类骨肿瘤微环境提供一个多功能的 3D 平台。人类成骨祖细胞、脂肪细胞和 PCa 细胞分别在 GelMA 水凝胶中进行体外培养,分别形成矿化、脂肪和 PCa 肿瘤 3D 微组织。通过水凝胶的硬度来调整成骨细胞的矿化和肿瘤球体的形成,较低的硬度与增加的矿化和肿瘤球体的大小相关。与肿瘤细胞共培养后,BM-脂肪细胞发生形态变化和去脂化,表明细胞类型之间存在相互作用。当引入体内时,矿化和脂肪微组织成功地形成了一个具有人类化的脂肪骨微环境,首次呈现出人类脂肪细胞。使用这种模型,当存在人类脂肪细胞时,肿瘤负担增加,这表明脂肪细胞支持早期骨肿瘤的生长。本文提出的先进平台将微环境的自然方面与对骨肿瘤研究有用的可调特性结合在一起。
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